Theophil

given name · Latin script

Meaning: ) Theophilus: männl. Vom

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Theophil is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Tanzania than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • TZTanzania≈1 in 17K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CHSwitzerland≈1 in 123K
  • DEGermany≈1 in 252K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Tanzania (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,500 people, est.

Sources
61 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)

Tanzania, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

) Theophilus: männl. Vom. griechischen Ursprungs (griech. Theophi­

Sources 1

  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Theophil counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Theophil is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TZ Tanzania≈3,500 est.≈1 in 17K—Theophil6
DE Germany≈320 est.≈1 in 252KlistedTheophil61
US United States≈230 est.≈1 in 1.4M6Theophil40
CH Switzerland≈68 est.≈1 in 123K—Theophil18
FR France≈43 est.≈1 in 1.6Mlisted—2
NL Netherlands341 in 508K34—3
BE Belgium≈11 est.≈1 in 1M—Theophil7

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Theophil is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Théophil

  • French given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Cameroon, Belgium, Tanzania

    Also written Théophil, Théo-Phil, Theo-Phil

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Switzerland, Tanzania

    Also written Théophil

  • Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Switzerland, Brazil, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Théophil

46 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1600170018001900Theophil Großgebauer, b. 1627Gottlieb Muffat, b. 1690Levin August von Bennigsen, b. 1745Theophil Edvard Hansen, b. 1813Théophile Rudolphe Studer, b. 1845Ferdinand Hueppe, b. 1852Theophil Wurm, b. 1868Theophil Richter, b. 1872Theofil Kupka, b. 1885Armin T. Wegner, b. 1886

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 25 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Theophil
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Theophil mean?
Recorded meaning: ) Theophilus: männl. Vom.
Is Theophil a male or female name?
Theophil is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Theophil?
In the etymology graph, Theo, Teofilo and Theophilus are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Theophil have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.5 thousand people named Theophil in Tanzania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled theophil.
How common is the name Theophil?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 34 people named Theophil, about 1 in 508 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Theophil”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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